Plate-lifter.



G. GELLI.

PLATE LETER. v APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 9, 1909.

962,196., Patented June 21, 1910.

GIUSEPPE CELLI, OF LEOIVIINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

PLATE-LIFTER.

Application filed November 9, 1909,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 527,028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GIUSEPPE CELLI, subject of Italy, residing atLeominster, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ilate-Lifters, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to kitchen and table articles and particularly toa device adapted to lift plates, pans and the like for the purpose ofremoving them from an oven while in a heated state and the device isapplicable primarily for lifting pie plates and the like.

An object of this invention is to provide novel means which may beadjusted to operate in conjunction with plates of diderent sizes, meansbeing provided for automatically adjusting the movable part of thedevice whereby it will close or move with respect to the stationaryportion thereof, thereby embracing the pan or article to be lifted.

A further object of this invention is to provide a lifter of thecharacter noted which will possess an unusual range of adjustment andaccommodate pans or the like of different heights as well as those ofdifferent diameters as heretofore stated.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which-Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of a lifting implementembodyin the invention; and Fig. 2, illustrates a side elevation.

In these drawings 3 and 4 denote two rectangular frames each of whichhas an extension forming a handle, the said frames being separated bythe intervening posts 5 which are rigidly connected to the frames inorder to insure a rigid structure. As shown by Fig. l the posts at therear end of the frame are separated to a considerable degree leaving aspace therebetween sufficient to receive flanges of plates or otherculinary articles which are usually employed for roasting, baking or thelike.

The extensions of the frames which form the handle are encircled by aband 6 which strengthens the structure and acts as a guide for a movablemember hereinafter described. The band is of preferably relatively heavymaterial and may be secured to the extensions in any desired manner asby solder or the like.

The culinary articles are held in engagement with the ends of the frameby a clamping member which is slidable with relation to the said framesand the said clamping member is formed preferably of a single piece ofmetal as for instance wire of suitable gage bent to form a loop whichembraces the two frames and which is slidable on the said frames. rlheclamping member is formed as stated of asingle piece of metal, thecentral portion of which is shaped into a member 7 which forms a supportfor the culinary article, the said bar having at its ends side portions8, which stand at an angle to the bar 7. The side portions lie outsideof the frames and have extensions 10 which converge transversely of theframes but on a plane slightly above the upper frame. A clamping memberor the material forming the clamping member has parallel portions l1which are slidable between the extensions of the frame and inside of theretaining band 6, and the said extension is thereby guided by the bandand by the frame as will be apparent from an inspection of Fig. l.

The clamping member is manipulated by the operator when an obj ect is tobe grasped by the carrier by pulling on the extension and drawing theclamping portion to the position shown in dotted lines or to anyposition intermediate the full line position of the clamp and the endsof the frames. When the forward ends of the frames are applied to thearticle to be lifted and the clamping member is retracted, the saidclamping member will be in position to move into engagement with theflange or body of the article to be lifted and in order to insure theclamping action automatically, I provide a spring l2, on each side ofthe assembled frames. One end of the spring 12 is anchored to a post 5and the opposite end thereof is connected to the side portion of theclamping member, the said spring acting to draw the clamping membertoward the outer ends of the frames.

I claim- 1. In an article lifting implement, frames having extensionsforming handles, posts for connecting the frames a securing bandencircling a portion of the extensions, a clamp ing member slidable onthe frames and having parallel portions slidable. in the band andbetween the extensions of the frame and springs for exerting pull on thesaid clamping member.

F2. In an article lifting device, parallel frames posts connecting theframes, a clamping member having a bar slidable under one of the framesand having side portions embracing the said frames with extensions ofthe side portions forming an operating handle, and springs secured tothe posts and to the clamping member for exerting a pull on the latter,

3. In an article lifting device, frames approximately rectangular inplan and exthe said frames and having converging por tions terminatingin parallel extensions, the said extensions being slidable between theextensions of the frames, andsprings having -ends anchored to posts andtheir opposite ends connected to the sides of the clamping member andadapted to exert a pull on said clamping member.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GIUSEPPE CELLI.

Witnesses:

ETHEL H. DivoLL, J. WARD HEALEY.

